Blood In, Blood Out
Director: Taylor Hackford Run Time: 190 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1993
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Damian Chapa, Danny Trejo, Enrique Castillo, Jesse Borrego, Victor Rivers
Screenwriter: Jimmy Santiago Baca
Producers: Taylor Hackford, Jerry Gershwin
Including an in-person conversation with Taylor Hackford and Jimmy Santiago Baca
Vidiots welcomes filmmaker Taylor Hackford and screenwriter, memoirist, and poet Jimmy Santiago Baca for a special screening of the East Los Angeles Cult Classic Blood In, Blood Out. Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca and filmed in East L.A. and on location at San Quentin, this epic tale of three brothers and their different paths is a quintessential piece of Chicano cinema and demands to be seen big, loud and in East LA!
This screening is generously supported by the Golden Globe Foundation.